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      Backblaze

      Engaged Employer

      Backblaze reviews

      3.3

      52% would recommend to a friend

      (82 total reviews)
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      Gleb Budman

      64% approve of CEO

      46% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Work/Life balance

      3.3

      Culture & values

      3.2

      Senior management

      3.0

      Career opportunities

      Backblaze has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 82 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Backblaze employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      82 reviews
      1.0
      Jun 29, 2024

      Used to be great.....

      Senior manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fast paced environment keeps you busy

      Cons

      New technical leadership has does not value the employees.

      1.0
      Jun 12, 2025

      Used to Be Great—Now Just Another Company That Only Cares About Shareholders

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Some managers are diamonds in the rough. They stick up for their teams and try their best to do right by them. Unfortunately the executives couldn't care less unless it means better revenue.

      Cons

      Backblaze used to have a genuinely positive culture and cared about its employees. That changed as soon as they decided to move up market. Now, the focus is 100% on pleasing shareholders, and employees are just an afterthought. Teams are completely disconnected and siloed, with zero cohesion across departments. Communication is poor and there’s no sense of unity or shared mission. Some managers (definitely not all) set unrealistic expectations but do nothing to set their teams up for success. It feels like you’re set up to fail just so they can blame someone. Despite the executives boasting about positive revenue, it’s obvious that comes at the direct expense of their employees. There have been budget cut after budget cut, with no real support for those left behind. The culture that made Backblaze special is completely gone. Would not recommend to anyone who values a supportive, employee-focused workplace.

      4.0
      Nov 15, 2024

      Things have changed with recent executive team hires.

      Account manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great company to work for.

      Cons

      Things are changing with the hiring of the new CRO, CFO, and VP of sales.

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      Backblaze Response
      1y
      Thanks for the response. Transparency is challenging as the company has grown, and being public we have to be more cautious. We've launched recent surveys to get more ideas on things that employees would value - transparency and authenticity are important to me, Gleb, and the executive team. If you have other ideas on where to improve, please add them to the survey, contact me directly, or put a suggestion in via TinyPulse. Thanks again. - Robert Fitt, HR (sorry for the wall of text, Glassdoor doesn't allow line breaks)
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